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Summary: A Neo-Pagan's, Anti-Modern's Dream
Review: TYR is subtitled "myth-culture-tradition," and this describes exactly the realms it covers. TYR is the first journal to appeal directly to individuals interested in the growing "neo-pagan" movement. It includes articles by leading scholars, doing serious history and cultural anthropology. But the orientation of the journal is not dull and "academic." It is intended for those who, discovering these traditions through serious intellectual detective work, intend to actually PRACTICE them. The journal also has extensive book and music reviews. I cannot praise this journal highly enough. It fills a great void. This is an absolute-must have for those interested in the ancient traditions of our European ancestors. Indeed, I would not be surprised if it became the "bible," if you will, and centerpiece, of the entire neo-pagan movement.
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Summary: Past into present molds the future.
Review: TYR praises the past without suggesting that we revert back to the age of the sword and steed. It brazenly demands for recognition of our honored traditions, customs and myths in an attempt to reawaken our slumbering spirits in an age of fruitless scampering about, in an age of lost identity and an epoch of immediate gratification that benefits nothing but the profit margins logged on computer drives.
This longing is one for "...wholeness and integral nature of the self..." which can only be found in the traditional well from which one springs. It cannot be artificially imported from a foreign culture, so demands one of the contributors. This book should, hopefully, find an appeal within a wide age group as it covers music and art, literature and film. It is, in general, very accessible to the layperson and should find a great audience as a result of its affordable price. At just under 300 pages, it would appear that there should be something of interest to anyone with an ounce European blood lineage. And, if that isn't enough contributors extol such wide-ranging virtues so as to encompass that of pipe smoking and mountain climbing!
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Summary: Tyr Review
Review: TYR's focus on anti-modernist viewpoints, primarily within the scope of history and paganism, is very close to völkisch ideologies in early twentieth century Europe: references to nature and the gods abound. While that acceptable on some levels, at times the contents of Tyr become too radicalized for its own good. Specifically by referencing John Walker, the American Taliban, and murderers like the Unabomber as a sort of purveyor of anti-modernism, Tyr would seem to alienate all but the most reactionary of individuals. The general proposition from Tyr is rather then transform modernity into something beneficial beyond the current environment of plutocracy, one should avoid it altogether (see recommendations such as "eliminate technology as much as possible" or "leave one's dwelling and encounter nature directly"). This is not practical to the standard individual (whom ultimately I can only assume they are trying to cater to) and at worst comes across as idealistic. One can hope that in the second issue some of these issues are addressed.
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